Afghan War Blog

In March 2018 we published a post stating that the Afghan War Blog  would temporarily suspend posting articles and sending out the ...

The " Afghan War Blog " will be taking a pause in activity. For the immediate future there will be no posts and the " A...

Welcome to the  Afghan War Blog Weekly Newsletter . Articles are posted online on the blog and sent out via email newsletter on Sunday ...

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has released a report that reviews the collection and procedures f...

In February 2018 Resolute Support pushed out some news releases and videos describing an increase in air strikes against insurgents in...

1st SFAB HQs company after uncasing colors ceremony at Advisor Platform Lightning. (photo by Maj Matthew Fontaine, 1st SFAB, Mar 18, 201...

Taliban and Peace Talks? Antonio Giustozzi, a long-time observer of all things Afghanistan, comments on the prospects of the insurgents...

TAAC West Advisors discuss operations with ANDSF (photo RS HQs Feb, 21, 2018). Gen Dunford Visits Afghanistan.  General Joe Dunford,...

Call for Timely and Credible Elections. Donor nations from the international community are encouraged by the progress being made in i...

Slo w Progress in Badghis. Officials in this northwestern province of Afghanistan are warning that there will likely be public protests...

Kabul's Mobile Library. A bus converted into a reading room for children is traveling the streets of the capital city. Read "...

Video - Progress on Peace and Stability in Afghanistan.  The United States Institute for Peace (USIP) held a panel discussion with A...

Afghan War News Site Map www.afghanwarnews.info/sitemap.htm Glossary of Terminology Used in Afghanistan www.afghanwarnews.info/glos...

The Afghan War Blog Weekly Newsletter  encourages those who have an opinion or story to tell about Afghanistan to share it with our audi...

You can receive the  Afghan War Blog Weekly Newsletter  by email. It should arrive in your e-mail inbox at 0500 U.S. East coast time or just...

Welcome to the  Afghan War Blog Weekly Newsletter . Articles are posted online on the blog and sent out via email newsletter on Sunday ...

In the past few months there have been several initiatives for peace in Afghanistan. First there was the 'Taliban letter' to th...

Cdr of 5th Bn 1st SFAB conducts an aerial survey of Kabul. (1st SFAB photo Facebook, March 15, 2018) Reporting on the 'Train, Advi...

Iran's Hand in Western Afghanistan. The western province of Farah is experiencing significant security problems. The province share...

Member of 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron attends to patient during mission in Feb 2018 in Afghanistan. (Photo ...

Noor-Ghani Dispute. The dispute between President Ghani and Governor Noor has receded from the front pages but it is not likely over...

NGO Meeting in Kabul.   A meeting was held presided by the Afghan government with representatives from Non-Governmental Organizations t...

AREU - Human Trafficking in Afghanistan.  A recent study by the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) recommends that the tra...

A State Built on Sand: How Opium Undermined Afghanistan ,  SOAS University of London, September 7, 2017. The lecture is given by Dr....

Afghan War News Site Map www.afghanwarnews.info/sitemap.htm Glossary of Terminology Used in Afghanistan www.afghanwarnews.info/glos...

The Afghan War Blog Weekly Newsletter  encourages those who have an opinion or story to tell about Afghanistan to share it with our audi...

You can receive the  Afghan War Blog Weekly Newsletter  by email. It should arrive in your e-mail inbox at 0500 U.S. East coast time or just...

Welcome to the  Afghan War Blog Weekly Newsletter . Articles are posted online on the blog and sent out via email newsletter on Sunday ...

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) January 2018 Quarterly Report to the United States Congress  was h...

Advisors using translation kits (photo by Afghan GMIC July 13, 2017) Reporting on the 'Train, Advise, and Assist' Mission.  ...

General Nicholson - In Too Deep? Wesley Morgan, a defense journalist, examines the RS Cdr's track record over the past two years a...

Afghan Soldiers at the Artillery School Working on D-30 (photo DVIDS, December 2010) German National Captured with Taliban 'Re...